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How do organizations mediate the core processes of urban life — economic production, public-goods distribution, community formation, and democratic representation — and what happens when technology and evidence reshape the rules?
How governments deploy nonprofits to manage urban poverty — the political economy of social-service contracting, the micro-relations of governance linking city hall to neighborhood organizations, and the rise and costs of evidence-based evaluation mandates in the nonprofit sector.
The University of Chicago Internet Innovation Initiative uses novel measurement methods to document the digital divide in Chicago and other cities — examining disparities in internet access, affordability, and performance across race and income, and the politics of federal broadband policy.
An interdisciplinary University of Chicago collaboration investigating how artificial intelligence challenges the rules and practices of governance — and what the consequences are for innovation and risk. The group spans the Crown Family School, Law School, Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy, the Social Sciences Division, and Computer Science.
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